Paasonen Passes Go, Does Not Collect €900 – But Does Get €1,650 as Consolation

After just a few rounds of hand-for-hand, Olybet qualifier Mika Paasonen got his last in with Jh 4h but soon discovered that he’d smacked into Andrejs Perederejevs’ Th Td. The board ran out an absolutely unequivocal 7h Ts Kc 7d 2c, leaving Paasonen drawing dead by the turn, and he was gone in 72nd place, officially the bubble spot.

Don’t feel too sorry for Mr. Paasonen, though – he receives not only a €550 seat to MPNPT Prague, but also a €1,100 package courtesy of Olybet as consolation for bubbling the Main Event. See you in Prague, Mika!